NEHEMIAH
Today's reading: Nehemiah 1-4

Nehemiah was a bold guy. He's best known for rebuilding the wall, but there are such complexities to his life that I find him to be quite fascinating:

He was the king's cupbearer--a slave taken from his homeland and still found favorable and worthy enough to be the taste-tester for the king's wine!

He asked the king for just what he needed--and he got it!

He stood up against the politics of the day to accomplish all he believed God was calling him to do--don't we need a few more folks like that!

My favorite, most inspiring, bit of info on this great man is found in the first few verses of his book...

"Please remember what you told your servant Moses..." Nehemiah 1:8 NLT

Nehemiah had the guts to remind God of the promises He had made!

God.

God!

God?

He reminded God that there was still His promise on the books that if the wayward people would return to Him, He would accept them back.

That my friends, is quite gutsy, but that's not what most amazes me about Nehemiah.

You see, Nehemiah had to know the Word in order to be able to trust the Word and remind God of the Word.

Do you know the Word of God well enough to quote it to God? Are you filled with enough Scripture that you can remind God of what you're believing He is supposed to come through on? Could you tell another?

Be a Nehemiah, friend--a Bible reading, Bible believing and Bible quoting child of the Most High!